They didn't succeed!

I started this day upbeat and feeling totally nutty and that is how it will end too because I have just got back from a lovely evening at the Boston Clipper with friends and feel great ... to be honest, such is my totally weird (but I am not complaining) mood that I could have sat there all evening talking to myself and would have enjoyed myself!

To do a quick update on the Autoglass saga ... my insurers are not amused about what Autoglass have done and neither, it seems, are Autoglass head office. It appears they broke most rules that existed, one major one was not checking the car before they started to do any work to it and not getting me to sign anything until 4 days after they started to do any work ... therefore, they technically didn't have permission to touch it and probably cannot argue that the dent was there prior to their messing about with it, they didn't check, they have no proof. In fact, I didn't sign the document until after they messed it up on Saturday so they didn't even check the bodywork then prior to work. I really feel they are going to have a tough time winning this one unless they fiddle the paperwork and that would be just plain stupid!

But, as the title says, they didn't get to me, I really don't feel any worse now than I did when I woke up this morning, apart from a brief glitch earlier, today has been a really good one!

Budget Day

So, we have the ‘Let’s buy a whole host of gullible voters day’ with George Osborne. No doubt we’ll be told how employment is rising, how the deficit is falling, how we’re all so much better off now than we were (compared to what?). We’ll be told that there are still tough times ahead but that only a Conservative government can steer us through them. It will be pointed out how inflation remains low, how not raising duty on fuel has helped everyone as is seen by the current lower prices at the pumps (it’s going up again George). In short, I should listen to this budget later and decide to vote Conservative in May but, I won’t. Labour certainly did nothing to avoid the mess the country got in but they didn’t cause it. They made the mistake of trying to be too conservative, allowing high finance the freedom to cause a catastrophic cock up for which they took zero responsibility. They made the mistake of allowing Gordon Brown to take the job of Prime Minister, one for which he is totally...

Not a good day

Today is a very emotional one for me. I have no idea why that would be the case but apparently it is. For a day that had nothing pre-arranged this one has turned out quite busy. First, I agreed to take Matt for breakfast though I wasn't really hungry. He was being quite argumentative in the morning about some thing or other, I don't recall what exactly but some matter of politics where he was going to argue the toss whilst knowing little or nothing about it. But, even so, I was quite upbeat as Jermaine had gone to school on time ... no, scrub that, i was upbeat until I yet again had to tell Zoey to get her arse out of her room, downstairs, do her chores and get to school, that is when this day started to go downward. I spent way too much money on a new doorbell, true, we needed one but not one that cost nearly £50! This too has not helped. I went to see a garage that can fit parking sensors to my car, all well and good but they needed me to supply paint to match the circles up ...

Understanding the British

As a nation we are a funny lot. We get through the worries of life with humour. Not always good taste humour and the words 'too soon' are often mentioned! Now, this is not unique to us, many other countries adopt humour to get them through. I am going to show some ideas of humour here, don't shoot me, we're just musing this topic. Moment of silence for the people who agreed to live with shitty roommates because they "wouldn't be spending much time at home anyway" There is going to be a lot of pressure over the next few days to talk to friends and family. Fight it. Stay positive Anyway, you get the picture. Actually, most of those came from the USA. It's terribly British for one person to cough and a whole host of others stare and one person shouts, 'we're all dead now, he's got the virus'. Obviously it's not a joking matter but, without keeping our sense of the ridiculous we would go quite potty. Estimates c...

Steve from England

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